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    Two suspects were recently arrested after being accused of stealing several vehicles in Paulding County.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Cops: Duo tied to several Paulding thefts after stealing 2 UTVs, truck
    The Georgia State Patrol is investigating after a crash left a bicyclist dead in Palmetto on Monday evening.
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    Bicyclist killed after crash involving tractor-trailer in Palmetto
    Gainesville police arrested four people in connection with a home invasion Monday that led to a car chase, wreck and stolen boat.
    Crime & Public Safety
    4 arrested after Gainesville home invasion leads to car chase, stolen...
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    Police opened a homicide investigation Tuesday in Atlanta.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Woman shot, killed in SE Atlanta apartment
    A Marietta man recently turned himself in after police said he admitted to doing doughnuts in a parking deck at The Battery Atlanta for a YouTube video last month.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Man turns himself in after cops said he did doughnuts at The Battery...
    Quantavious Grier was convicted of felony murder, armed robbery and other charges related to the shooting death of James Yarborough in 2007.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Man serving life sentence granted new trial by Georgia Supreme Court
    Doraville City Hall.
    DeKalb County
    DeKalb city bolsters penalties for hate crimes charged in city court
    Linda Agee was convicted of murder in 2015, 23 years after her husband was found shot to death in the couple’s home.
    News
    Walton woman convicted in husband’s murder granted new trial
    Authorities are investigating the in-custody death of a man who was arrested Friday afternoon after damaging a police car in the parking lot of a DeKalb County Burger King, police said.
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    Man dies following arrest outside DeKalb Burger King, cops say
    A Waycross Police Department vehicle in a photo from the agency's Facebook page.
    Crime & Public Safety
    GBI seeks video of Waycross police shooting
    Two people were killed and two others were injured July 24 after gunfire erupted outside a house party on Sunset Avenue in northwest Atlanta's Vine City neighborhood, authorities said. "We know that address was an Airbnb and it was being used for a party," Atlanta police Lt. Pete Malecki told reporters outside the home.
    News
    Airbnb cracks down on 50 Atlanta party houses
    Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary in Locust Grove rescued more than 180 Chihuahua-breed dogs with the help of law enforcement from a property in Butts County.
    News
    UPDATE: No charges in Georgia dog hoarding case, officials say
    A Gwinnett County deputy grabs a person who attempted to jump from the second floor of the courthouse following a hearing on Monday.
    News
    Gwinnett deputies save person who tried to jump over courthouse railing
    A group of home invasion suspects crashed their getaway car Monday afternoon during a police chase, Gainesville police said.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Police: 2 home invasion suspects arrested, 3 sought after crash in...
    Trontavious Deedee Tate
    Crime & Public Safety
    Cops: Fugitive arrested in Marietta after fleeing police, crashing car...
    Crime & Public Safety
    Cops: Fugitive arrested in Marietta after fleeing police, crashing car...
    News
    Atlanta police seek ID of a person of interest in Woodruff Park homicide
    Crime & Public Safety
    Alleged hate crime victim arrested on unrelated charges
    Georgia News
    Alcohol involved in crash that killed Newnan motorcyclist, troopers say
    News
    Stone Mountain braces for another armed protest
    News
    Georgia cases featured on true-crime shows
    Deputy Justyn Weaver
    Crime & Public Safety
    Middle Georgia deputy shot during call; suspect in custody
    Joshua Thomas Brandt
    Crime & Public Safety
    Gainesville teen charged with murder in shooting at Gwinnett business
    Police have shut down Satellite Boulevard between McGinnis Ferry Road and Wildwood Road as they search for a suspect in a shooting.
    Crime & Public Safety
    Gunman on the run after fatal shooting at Suwanee business
    Nahjel Malik Williams
    Crime & Public Safety
    Cops: Cobb man bites man’s face when he asks him to slow down
    Devin Lashawn Watts (left), Christopher Leedarius Pullen
    Crime & Public Safety
    Suspects denied bond in deaths of 2 women dropped off Rome bridge
    The GBI search the home of Erik Sparre in the southeast area of Waynesville, Georgia, on Aug. 6, 2020. The GBI said the search was part of an effort to determine if Sparre was involved in the 1985 murders of Harold and Thelma Swain. (Tyson Horne / Tyson.Horne@ajc.com)
    Crime & Public Safety
    GBI searches property of man tied to Ga. church murders investigation
    Georgia News
    2 teens arrested on gun charges after Waycross police shoot at car
    News
    Shooting outside Buckhead lounge leaves several cars damaged
    Crime & Public Safety
    Man arrested after 2-year-old shoots himself in Atlanta home
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    Owner offers $5K reward for puppy stolen outside Buckhead Whole Foods
    Crime & Public Safety
    Middle Georgia deputy shot during call; suspect in custody
    News
    Brothers found dead on boat at Lake Lanier; carbon monoxide poisoning...
    Crime & Public Safety
    Gainesville teen charged with murder in shooting at Gwinnett business
    News
    Waycross police shoot at teens following traffic stop, GBI says
    News
    GBI: Cop fires at woman who struck 2 people in Johns Creek parking lot
    News
    2-year-old in critical condition after shooting himself at Atlanta home
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